the garage sale went really well. i started off with 3 van loads of stuff and ended up with 2 rubbermaid tubs of stuff. i dont know how much money i made cause i didnt even keep track but at least my life has a little bit more room for living now. and thats priceless (even if seems like its on sale sometimes).

i gave my notice for my east van garage.

im pretty much out of there already.

just one more load of light stuff and a big box for the dump.

my new container is much smaller but because we set up shelving all around the perimeter it actually seems bigger.

my friend is having a garage sale this saturday and invited me to join in.

ive been busy all week going through my books and clothes and stuff in general to get rid of.

it feels good.

well it will feel good.

assuming i dont have to pack it all up at the end of the day

cause my idea of cool stuff is nobody else's.

but ill hope for the best

and if that doesnt work

there's always the donation box at the salvation army.

 

i just woke up again

after another 24 hour coma

last wednesday i went to tulalaip

then thursday i zzzzz

friday i gathered my pa system

and went to bowen island for solstice

came home saturday

sore and tired

then zzzzz

got aircare and insurance for okee on monday

and dropped off sarah and rachel tuesday morning

now its wednesday

and i just woke up

but im tired

probably cause i zzzzz too much

but maybe also cause when i am awake

i burn myself out

mentally and physically

just found out my sister is coming to visit

next sunday and monday

not sure if shes bringing her whole family

or what

but nobody ever visits me

so thats pretty exciting

i bought a mango cutter in the usa

and i bought a box of mangoes yesterday

so im gonna go have a mango for breakfast

thats all.

solstice was on friday.

i think its sunday

i havent seen the light of the day since yesterday morning

which i guess was saturday

at least i broke the old curse

where i would miss the day on the longest day of the year

for 6 years in a row

but now its just in the days after

i wonder sometimes about how much i zzzz

i dont wanna think about it now cause it will make me tired

but im up now

at 2235

becky & i went to the states yesterday for my day off (she booked it off).

we left at 4am to avoid rush hour and an all day flail.

we crossed the border without incident - which is a first for okee and me.

maybe its been chisai that they were suspicious of all the other times

cause she stayed home for this trip.

the maximum amount of goods each person can bring back in a 24 hour period is $50.

so we had to stop at the last rest stop and unpackage about $1000 of stuff

and throw out the bags and receipts

which i always like to do anyway - cause it keeps it out of my house

 

i got 1 pair of shoes

1 pair of jeans

15 pairs of socks

6 singlets

2 hoodies

2 tshirts (not for me)

1 new orca for my bathroom tap

2 small spoons

2 tiny spoons

1 tiny pair of scissors

10 metal straps

1 can of plastic spray dip

4 bottles of FEURTE

1 funnel

1 squeeze bottle

20 metric set screws

20 tiny nuts n bolts

2 rotator plugs

2 cans of wasp hornet killer

1 dewalt orbital sanding plate replacement

1 drypak air tight bag

1 torch lighter

1 shammy

1 mango slicer

3 pop up sponges

1 pack of garbage smell things (to get rid of - not to simulate)

1 new copy of the pocket reference book (mine has been used to shreds)

1 roll of double sided tape that came in a cute (and useful) tin

 

we had a very good day and got home after midnite.

 

 

 

joypopper: to use habit-forming drugs occasionally or irregularly without becoming addicted

i zzzzz all day yesterday. and last night. and this morning. and im still zzzzz. i think i been drugged or something. maybe its konky. puttin out too much heat. the heat makes me zzzzz. cause when i go to bed i not zzzzzz no more. iso tank curtains been lifted for light. maybe i give them to becky for a bit. so she can zzzzz like me. but not quite so much. cause she gotta work sometimes. but really sittin here makes me zzzzz. and i had a ice cap and everything. but im still so zzzzz.

maitai's bday is next sunday. i very sad. but maybe she happy. she never wanted to be in her 30's anyway. i wonder if she woulda ever come out in my kayak with me. she woulda been scared but i bet she woulda just to make me happy. i woulda had to go and kill all the sharks n bugs n stuff first though. that woulda been tuff. but worth it. i miss maitai lots. its still so hard to believe. i wonder how her mommy doing. prolly not very good. i hope maitai and her were at least speaking before she passed away. i know my mom always told me not to go to bed mad. i understand why now.

chisai used to bite my face when i would cry in bed. it never really made me feel any better. but if i was crying about something silly that i probably shouldnt have been crying about in the first place then at least it would make me start laughin at the whole situation. but when i cry about maitai, its almost like chisai knows and she just comes and licks the tears off my cheeks and cuddles up with me under my chin. its really the only time she does cuddle. oh - and when the recycling truck comes in the mornings.

thats all for now.